ancient
Other forms: ancients
Ancient means very old. Sometimes there's a sense of "older than old." My grandmother, bless her soul, lived until she was positively ancient.
Ancient art is that made in places and times we refer to as Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome and Ancient Egypt, and "an ancient" is someone who lived either during those eras, or in a Biblical context, before the flood that brought us the story of Noah and the Ark.
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belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire“ancient history”“ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians”“ancient Greece”
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past
earlier than the present time; no longer current
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past
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very old“an ancient mariner”
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old
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
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old
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a person who lived in ancient times
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a very old person
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antediluvian
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golden ager, old person, oldster, senior citizen
an elderly person
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golden ager, old person, oldster, senior citizen
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Here are links to our lists for the play: Act I, Act II, Act III, Act IV, Act V Here are links to other plays by William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Hamlet, King Lear, Julius Caesar, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure, Othello, A Midsummer Night's Dream
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